"Violence is no way to respond to legitimate workers' demands."

"I associated surgical instruments with the clean sterile environment of the operating theatre. But here they were being ground and filed by 10 year-old children working full-time in small open garages on the street." New guide launched to improve ethical standards in NHS purchasing.

Can Singapore's model be applied elsewhere?

The attitudes and behaviour of supervisors are major barriers to progress on workers' rights.

The UN Secretary General's Special Representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Professor John Ruggie, has produced his final report on Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights.

When it comes to the textile industry in Southern Africa, BBC's Justin Rowlatt got it wrong - the Chinese aren't coming, they are here. And it's both exciting and scary.

Social auditor and former social compliance manager for Marks and Spencer, Muriel Johnson, talks to ETI's Alan Sadler about current ethical trade trends.

Is the electronics industry making the same blunders in addressing working conditions as the fashion industry, or learning from its mistakes?

Stuart Bell, Director of Policy at Ergon Associates, looks at some of the shortcomings of conventional audits as a tool and how companies are increasingly taking a different tack.

Could China's economic boom and changing consumer patterns unwittingly lead to poorer conditions for its workers as domestic orders begin to fill the gaps left by exiting international firms?

Phillipina Moshe talks about how her union has used Valentine's Day to help build constructive relations between workers and mangagement on Tanzanian flower farms.

"If in five years time, the majority of plantation workers have not noticed the difference that the Forum is making, then we can conclude that a promising initiative has failed."